Record ID: PAS-BF5AE5
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A penannular ring of slightly sub-rectangular cross-section, the terminals very close together. The surface is worn, and flattened on both faces near the terminals; there are traces of hammer-marks which give an irregular appearance to the surface. The internal surface has traces of paler gold banding which has been worn off the external surface. There is green corrosion internally, across both terminals and opposite them; this probably derives from the base metal core (see below).There is damage to the surface near one terminal and a small area of the gold wrapping is absent; there i…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Saturday 9th May 2015Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BF4245
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The neckring is made from a heavy, thick bar of oval cross-section, which is thickest in the middle and tapers towards both ends. The terminals are finished off as flat oval surfaces. The object appears to have had a good surface finish prior to damage and it has been left entirely plain. The original curvature of the ornament has been distorted asymmetrically so that one arm is more extended than the other. The middle of the bar bears deep >cuts= across both faces apparently having been formed by ancient chisel strikes.
Dimensions and metal content: Maximum dimension (distorted) 203…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BF2BC7
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small Late Bronze Age penannular ring of fat `D' section, the flatter face facing inwards. The object appears to be made by folding sheet gold over a core of another material, probably of copper. Exterior surfaces are relatively well smoothed, but the interior and the terminal faces are less well finished, such that folds and crimps remain clear.
Dimensions and metal content: Diameter: 15.2 x 13.9mm; weight: 4.4g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 78 per cent for the cover.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford on Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BED643
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age gold penannular ring. The object comprises two round-sectioned penannular rings joined together. The presence of solder could not be detected by analysis but this does not preclude the use of the technique. The flat-faced ends show slight central dimples.
Dimensions and metal content: Maximum diameter: 15mm; maximum width: 7mm, width of gap: 1mm; weight: 10.59g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 79 per cent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BEA110
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Much of the blade of a small socketed copper alloy spearhead. Although fine surface features have been lost due to surface deterioration in the soil, the midrib was almost certainly of lozenge section.
Extant length: 53.3mm; maximum width: 22.4mm; maximum breadth: 10.0mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cantley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BE6A53
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An undecorated gold torc, or neckring, made from a thin rod of gold tapering towards either terminal. One terminal is intact and is hooked.
Dimensions and metal content: 1. Maximum diameter:155mm; maximum thickness: 3.4mm; thickness of the intact terminal end: 0.5mm; weight: 36.1g.
X-ray fluorescence analysis of the torc conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 81 per cent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CANTLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BE40C2
Object type: CUP
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Cup with conical body tapering to an omphalos base; the rim is flaring; a riveted strap handle links the rim and upper body. The rivet plates are lozenge shaped and the handle has decorative ridges parallel with its edges. The rim bears a row of dots punched from the outer surface and is otherwise plain; between this plain zone and a further plain zone at the base the cup is corrugated. The cup has been crushed, particularly on one side; this might have resulted from a single blow from agricultural machinery.
Dimensions and metal content: In present condition: maximum height (exclu…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringlemere', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-BDF674
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A strip of very flimsy sheet gold describing an even crescentic shape, broadest in the middle and tapering gently to the ends. The terminals are expanded a little to form oval tabs, each with a central perforation, although one tab is broken across the perforation. This loss evidently occurred in antiquity, for there is a secondary perforation in the neck of the terminal. The edges of the crescent, including the tabs, are entirely outlined with closely set punched dots. The dots are about 0.9mm across, protrude beyond the surface by about 0.2mm and number 6-7 per centimet…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braithwaite', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-49F084
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age Flint Arrowhead.
Tip is sharp and intact, small amount of cortex remaining on one of the barbs. Finely worked would suggest that it has been worked with a soft material eg. bone or antler and not stone. It has been worked on bifacially.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011Spatial data recorded.